OUR FATHER ART DOWNSTAIRS From The Family Circus Cartoon, the little girl was praying. Her little brother ran toward her saying, "No, Dolly, OUR FATHER ART downstairs watching TV." From Family Circus Cartoon, October 21,…
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WAITING FOR THE COVER A young man was served an open-faced sandwich for the first time. When he didn't start eating right away, the hostess asked if he didn't like it. "Oh no," he replied,…
CRIMINAL-KID'S PRAYER Dennis the Menace is kneeling at his bedside, hands folded, his eyes looking toward heaven. With an imploring look on his face he prays, "I'm here to turn myself in!" From Dennis the…
TEENAGE TERRORISM Here's a great way for you kids to turn the tables on your frustrated parents the next time you get in trouble. Just ask your parents this question: "If you're trying so hard…
T-BALL STRIKEOUT Gladys Thronapple is fixing lunch when in walks her son, Wilberforce, all decked out in his baseball outfit. Mom asks, "How did Little League go?" Wilberforce growls, "Terrible. I struck out three times."…
THE RACERS CHASE THE PACERS Most auto racing appears to me to be carnage on wheels. But I must confess to an annual habit of tuning in on Memorial Day to find out who the…
PARENTAL PRIORITIES The lives of business people in the 1980s are apparently all work and no play. A survey of 1,000 business people in North America and Australia offers some significant findings: 85% work more…
THE SON AND THE SERVANT The servant is accepted and appreciated on the basis of what he does, the child on the basis of who he is. The servant starts the day anxious and worried,…
DESTRUCTION BY DECEIT You cannot possibly do a man more harm than to assure him that whatever he does is right, and that whatever his enemy does is wrong. From The Story of a Country…
FINDING HAPPINESS Happiness is more a habit than a goal, more an attitude than an attainment. It is the companion of cheerfulness not the creature of circumstance. Happiness is what overtakes us when we forget…
THE DAY OF BECOMING Today is a day of becoming what I will be through all eternity.
CHANGE REQUIRES REPETITION Changing people's habits and way of thinking is like writing your instructions in the snow during a snowstorm. Every twenty minutes you must rewrite your instructions. Only with constant repetition will you…
ADVICE ABOUT CHILDREN A- Always trust them to God's care. B- Bring them to church. C- Challenge them to high goals. D- Delight in their achievements. E- Exalt the Lord in their presence. F- Frown…
PHOTO FINISHES Parents: People who have pictures in their wallets where money used to be. From the bulletin of the Rotary Club of Grand Forks, North Dakota
THE SICK NEED COMFORT The bedroom door opened slightly. I could vaguely make out the small figure of Andrew, my seven-year- old son, standing in the doorway. I glanced at the clock. It was 2:45…
DRAW CLOSER Walking in a London fog, a man saw a dark shadow in the distance but as he drew closer his fears calmed as he was able to identify that it was a man.…
UNKNOWN MATH To those who have no experience of guidance, denial will seem easy. But it is perilous to deny anything on that ground alone. One is reminded of the little girl who thought that…
A FAMOUS FATHER Ann Landers: A great man died today. He wasn't a world leader or a famous doctor or a war hero or a sports figure. He was no business tycoon, and you would…
A GOOD SERMON The average man's idea of a good sermon is one that goes over his head and hits a neighbor. As quoted by Ben Holden
DUCK TURKEY The man on the scaffold was painting the building when he dropped his paint brush. As he leaned over the rail to watch his brush fall, he yelled, "Quack, quack, gobble, gobble." Below…
